this. basically.

pretty much why i went with TWO 840EVOS too XD

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Nov 6 2014, 04:14 PM

Erm, if your posted link is your actual mainboard, it's unfortunately you don't have any SATA3 (6Gbps) port.
SATA2 won't have much difference with your boot time, SSD is always faster than HDD.
The only difference is only the max speed, which is the sequential read/write speed which is advertise by every vendor.
Your best bet is the 4K read/write, that's the most important, it determines your daily usage speed, without compression.

According to the link, Intel only provide 6x ports, blue color, connect to that for optimum performance, the black one is JMicron, may slow.
If you do can install your Windows fresh into the SSD and still having BSOD, best is to unplug all other connected devices, like other HDDs, other USB devices other than your necessity, try with the most basic hardware and report here again.
If all fail... erm... maybe try to access and format your SSD using your installed OS on your HDD, it could be just a bad SSD.
And do benchmark from there... Well, rare case, need more white ratz experiments testing...

Hi, bro,

Thanks for your clear explanation abt my case here.

Well, I will get back to you guys with my bios setup. Btw, i can fresh installed OS in the SSD, but it's boot time same like normal HDD. The sata II only affect the write/read speed for the file exploring in the SSD,no?

Appreciate so much ~

Erm, is it successfully boot into your freshly installed Windows?
What Windows you installed? Windows 7? 8?

Please do let us know how many seconds from pressing the power button to your Desktop.
And after booting, runs some benchmark on it, and (notice it's Kingston HyperX ) do post the result here.

ONe question:

There are a few PCIE slots in our mobo.

Graphic Card will occupy one PCIE slot.

There remain 2 more empty PCIE slots. Does it make a difference which PCIE slots we install the PCIE SSD ??

there might b stock at viewnet. I just got 2 units of 240gb models frm them last week

and ohh... be prepared to pay for them...they are not cheap.

i see... so they do share the same lanes.

yea, for normal consumers like us who rarely gone for tri or quad sli or Xfire, lane counts are less of an issue for us.

i think put further is the normal practice as you dont want to disrupt the airflow to the GPU

haha! i think the slow read bug of 840 evo has been fixed for good after the firmware and performance restore. (there was a newer 1.1 however it will not work if you have applied 1.0) so far everything is fine here. still i wanna do a few test in 3 weeks.

i was always curious about their response time from identifying problem to releasing proper fix when there is a problem in their products. this round it turned out to be not bad, compared to many previous cases that involved other brands (for those who owned the affected ssd's previously, they know what happened)

i have tested a number of samsung drives, from consumer to enterprise. i think they did a good job in making the ssd's despite their rapid release cycles. (apart from 840 evo, none of their retail and oem drives have issues)

for this part it's better for you to check out the mobo manual. normally in the manual there are sections that explain and highlight what to or not to do with these pci-e slots.

right. it's better to check out the manual carefully first for potential conflicts when you plan for your new rig/upgrade.

yeah that is commendable especially when they are so bold with the new technology and rapid release cycles as you said

indeed.

tbh it's hard to suggest something that are the results from mass production, especially new releases that come with new technologies. all the brands that we know today suffered from hidden bugs that only time will tell in the past. crucial? they had their shares. the same goes to ocz, sandisk, plextor, intel, kingston, and samsung, to name a few. there is almost no exception.

all we can depend on is the commitments of these manufacturers to be there when we need them most. all they need to do is to identify the issues and get them fixed. everyone will be happy. unfortunately, only a few of them can handle these scenarios well.

I didn't know lingloong got sell Intel SSD. Lol.. didn't see any under his thread.

Haha, now under budget already. Samsung 850 Pro is out from the list due to pricing. Any goods for Crucial MX100? The SSD you recommend mostly is on MLC nand?

Yes, he's selling under his Intel thread (for every Intel products).

Many suggest MLC and many higher end products still using MLC is because it's a matured technology, it has been proven so with all the products released out there, 840EVO is probably one of their white ratz (sorry no offence here) for their next 860 Pro offering? Till they're mature enough, then those vendors will dive into it hard and deep.
If you don't care little differences of those performance, Intel 530 is the way to go, you won't miss those few hundred of miliseconds in everyday's task, not until you're doing IO intensive task (database testing anyone?).

p/s: You can use [quote] to minimize multi-replies in a thread, click [+quote] of the posts then click [Add reply] at the bottom.

ok. maybe you can consider crucial mx100 512gb and plextor m6s of the same size.

yes, the drives use mlc.


there are two obvious differences between mlc and tlc chips, speed and endurance. these are physical characteristics of nand chips that cannot be fixed by firmware. endurance is not a problem because improper usage void your warranty anyway when you exceed their tbw. speed wise, it's not night and day difference, but it's there. so for the same amount of money, i will still always go for mlc. (do check the mlc nand type. skip those mlc with lower performance)

there is nothing wrong with tlc drives for general use. (samsung has already pushed these chips to enterprise. you can find some of them @ hikari85's sale thread) in fact, 840 evo surprisingly outperforms many mlc drives with rapid mode turned off in real world usage. (yes, 840 evo are my test drives mainly to check differences between mlc and tlc drives. believe it or not, they do have differences. however, i have found some good use cases for them)

by the way i forgot to mention that a fix to the same slow read bug in older samsung 840 non-evo is also on the way.

edit: quotes are not working?! no there was a coding bug. fixed

This post has been edited by horns: Nov 7 2014, 09:26 AM

Sorry, very seldom post in thread here.. Thanks for the info

[quote=wildwestgoh,Nov 7 2014, 07:01 AM]
Yes, he's selling under his Intel thread (for every Intel products).
Many suggest MLC and many higher end products still using MLC is because it's a matured technology, it has been proven so with all the products released out there, 840EVO is probably one of their white ratz (sorry no offence here) for their next 860 Pro offering? Till they're mature enough, then those vendors will dive into it hard and deep.
If you don't care little differences of those performance, Intel 530 is the way to go, you won't miss those few hundred of miliseconds in everyday's task, not until you're doing IO intensive task (database testing anyone?).

p/s: You can use [quote] to minimize multi-replies in a thread, click [+quote] of the posts then click [Add reply] at the bottom.


[/quote]

Thanks for the info.


[quote=horns,Nov 7 2014, 09:21 AM]
ok. maybe you can consider crucial mx100 512gb and plextor m6s of the same size.

yes, the drives use mlc.
there are two obvious differences between mlc and tlc chips, speed and endurance. these are physical characteristics of nand chips that cannot be fixed by firmware. endurance is not a problem because improper usage void your warranty anyway when you exceed their tbw. speed wise, it's not night and day difference, but it's there. so for the same amount of money, i will still always go for mlc. (do check the mlc nand type. skip those mlc with lower performance)

there is nothing wrong with tlc drives for general use. (samsung has already pushed these chips to enterprise. you can find some of them @ hikari85's sale thread) in fact, 840 evo surprisingly outperforms many mlc drives with rapid mode turned off in real world usage. (yes, 840 evo are my test drives mainly to check differences between mlc and tlc drives. believe it or not, they do have differences. however, i have found some good use cases for them)

by the way i forgot to mention that a fix to the same slow read bug in older samsung 840 non-evo is also on the way.

edit: quotes are not working?! no there was a coding bug. fixed


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Thanks!! Thanks. Is MX100 newer or MX550 newer? Any feedback on this? Since like it's not worth to go for Intel 730 SSD?

This post has been edited by nvidia134: Nov 7 2014, 12:06 PM

Mx100 is newer. But m550 is the performance drive. (Although theres is not much difference between the two if the size is 512gb)

Intel drives are not as attractive as before (the old intel 520 era) when there are plenty options to choose from. The price is on the high side.

MX100 is the lower-end, M550 is the higher-end, just like Samsung EVO and Pro, each with their own advantage, MX100 is definitely a good choice for performance/value.

This post has been edited by wildwestgoh: Nov 7 2014, 01:44 PM

same size. definitely different speed

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/40979/aberde...hdds/index.html

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/40935/membla...-ssd/index.html